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THE GRAND ALLIANCE THAT DEFEATED FASCISM: HISTORY AND LESSONS
— A conference at York University, Toronto, April 18, 2020

The year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the world’s victory over fascism. In 1945, after a long struggle, the Allied powers (the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain, China, Canada and others) defeated Nazi Germany, Japan and the other Axis states which had unleashed the Second World War. Determined to eliminate the deadly threat fascism posed to humanity, the members of this Grand Alliance set aside their ideological differences, fought their way to victory and laid the foundations of a new international order. Today, when the world is living through a new period of heightened international tensions pitting the West against Russia and China, it is important and timely to review the historical experience of the Grand Alliance as an outstanding example of meaningful international cooperation based on common interests in the face of threats and challenges facing humanity.

It is for this purpose that a one-day conference will be held at York University in Toronto on April 18, 2020, sponsored by York Centre for Asian Research and Canadian Association of World War II Veterans from the Former Soviet Union.